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This bill significantly enhances the Arkansas Military Child School Transitions Act of 2021 by expanding support for military families and their children's educational needs. The bill eliminates the previous one-year limitation on eligibility for children of Gold Star families and medically separated or retired families, and allows public schools to apply the act's provisions to all students seeking enrollment. It introduces a new Purple Star School Program that requires participating schools to designate military family education facilitators, create peer ambassador programs, establish community events honoring military service members, and develop resources specifically tailored to military-connected students. The bill also provides more comprehensive guidelines for advance enrollment, allowing military families to remotely submit enrollment applications with official documents and enabling schools to provisionally enroll students. Additionally, the legislation expands special education collaboration between sending and receiving districts, improves virtual course enrollment options, and requires schools to designate military family education coordinators who can help connect uniformed services families with appropriate resources and support networks.

Education

https://arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/Detail?id=hb1545&ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2025R